From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 10 11:50:54 2000 From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 11:50:52 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41F4F37B402 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:50:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (Ipittythefoolthattrustsident@trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA53126; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:50:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBAJoon81214; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:50:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 11:50:50 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Marcel Moolenaar Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Bootstrapping issues with groff(1) Message-ID: <20001210115049.H80274@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: current@FreeBSD.org References: <20001208181908.A12716@sunbay.com> <3A319650.90FE8EAE@cup.hp.com> <20001209154901.B78374@sunbay.com> <3A32996C.1BE57FCE@cup.hp.com> <20001209192429.A32252@dragon.nuxi.com> <3A32FFB2.BCCC5140@cup.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A32FFB2.BCCC5140@cup.hp.com>; from marcel@cup.hp.com on Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 07:59:46PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: obrien@NUXI.com Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 07:59:46PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > The only thing you don't like about mtree is it changing ownership + > > modes, right? > > Not only that. Using mtree(1) creates busloads of unnecessary > directories. But they're harmless. While I agree it is clutter, having to duplicate its work in the Makefile's with lists of dirs to create just seems like a duplication and waste of effort; and even an little NIH as mtree is rather ingrained in BSD. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message